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Thiruvarur (ind)

India

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Thiruvarur ranks 7,413th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Osted, and Dravograd. Memorable people born in Thiruvarur include Tyagaraja, and Muthuswami Dikshitar. Thiruvarur has been the birth place of many composers, and writers. Thiruvarur is located in India.

Thiruvarur also spelt as Tiruvarur is a municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Thiruvarur district and Thiruvarur taluk. The temple chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing 360 tonnes (790,000 lb) and measuring 96 feet (29 m) tall is the largest temple chariot in India. Thiruvarur is the birthplace of Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri, popularly known as the Trinity of Carnatic music of the 18th century CE. Thiruvarur Thiyagarajaa Swaamy temple is older than Tanjore big temple. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1767 and 1775, Thiruvarur was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Tyagaraja, and Muthuswami Dikshitar.

People Born in Thiruvarur

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Thiruvarur were composers (1), and writers (1),  while most who died were .

Throughout history composers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Thiruvarur, including Tyagaraja.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Thiruvarur since 1700.